Gen 1 prepatch (played a while only), then suddenly patch came. Gen 2 now, only on 1 character.
I became lvl 30 twice in my crpg life, both postpatch. I also became lvl 31 once and I retired immediately. I made mistake by heirlooming wrong weapon. I am fucked up.
end of story.
That's why I think current retiring and grinding system is stupid.
Now I have 15 lvl on my shielder and I know it will take month to get to 30 lvl and another one to get to 31, 2 months of pain, so I just quit cRPG.
have some other games to play... and not waste half that month to get to 21 lvl - 21 lvl means steel shield. 15 lvl after week of playing...